An American Crime
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
- Studio: First Look International, Killer Films, Showtime Networks
- Keyword: child abuse, rape, carnival, based on true story, dysfunctional family, basement, murder, teenage girl, torture, church, single mother, true crime, watching tv, jumping on a bed, 1960s, mistreatment, female child abuser
- Cast: Elliot Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy, Romy Rosemont, Ari Graynor